LOUISVILLE CEMETERY ASSOCIATION v. SHAUNTEE


376 S.W.2d 533 (1964)

LOUISVILLE CEMETERY ASSOCIATION, Inc., Appellant, v. Lillian Carter SHAUNTEE and Clarence Carter, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

March 6, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry S. McAlpin, Louisville, for appellant.

Long & Lowery, Jack M. Lowery, Jr., Louisville, for appellee.


WILLIAMS, Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the Jefferson Circuit Court which awarded damages against appellant Louisville Cemetery Association, Inc., for wantonly interfering with the grave of Stephen Carter, an uncle of appellees. The jury awarded $750 compensatory damages and $1,500 punitive damages. Motion for appeal has heretofore been sustained by this Court.

The original complaint sought damages for the desecration of the grave of Robert Carter...

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